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Method and apparatus for treating varicose veins

  • US 3,301,258 A
  • Filed: 10/03/1963
  • Issued: 01/31/1967
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/1963
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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4. APPARATUS FOR TREATING VARICOSE VEINS IN AN ANIMATE BODY INCLUDING A SLENDER CYLINDRICAL PROBE OF A DIAMETER TO PASS THROUGH AN INCISION IN THE SKIN AND ALONG THE SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER OF AN ANIMATE BODY BETWEEN THE FASCIA AND THE SKIN, SAID PROBE HAVING A FIRST HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL ELECTRODE, A CYLINDRICAL INSULATOR CONCENTRIC WITH, OF THE SAME DIAMETER AS, AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID FIRST ELECTRODE, A SECOND CYLINDRICAL ELECTRODE CONCENTRIC WITH, OF THE SAME DIAMETER AS, AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID INSULATOR;

  • A FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTION EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF SAID PROBE THROUGH SAID FIRST ELECTRODE IN INSULATED RELATION THERETO, THROUGH SAID INSULATOR AND INTO ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID SECOND ELECTRODE;

    MEANS FOR GENERATING HIGH FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL ENERGY;

    AND CIRCUIT MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE OUTPUT OF SAID GENERATING MEANS BETWEEN SAID FIRST ELECTRODE AND SAID FIRST ELECTRICAL CONNECTION.

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